In the Beginning 4: Shepherd MV
from Sermons @ Shepherd Hosted by Shepherd of the Hills UMC, Rev Rick Uhls
We can be held captive by so many things. Poverty, illness, politics that perpetuate the power of the few while masquerading as hope for the many, systemic racism that is so embedded in some of our systems that people can't see it, the sins of our past and the accompanying guilt we carry, and addictions in all the ways they manifest in the world hold us captive. And Christ comes to release us from ALL that holds us captive. That we may be emptied of these burdens and move into a new life. When Christ says he is to let the oppressed go free and to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, he is really talking about the forgiveness of sin. All oppression has its roots in sin. Christ is speaking about debts we occur by sins of commission (things that we do that shouldn't do) or omission (things that we don't do that we are supposed to do). We can not overstate the words of Jesus. In Christ Jesus we discover the one who can forgive sins and restore us to a right relationship with God.
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